LONDON:

R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS.

BREAD STREET HILL.

I. THE DEFENCE OF A FORD

II.-SCHILLER'S FLIGHT FROM STUTTGART (Thomas

(Walter Scott)

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17

19

VI. A SIGN OF THE TIMES.

VII. THE SHAKERS' DINNER

VIII.-BEN JONSON

IX.-A MAIDEN SPEECH

X.-A SELF-DUBBED MESSENGER

XI.-DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA.

XII.-WORSE THAN HIS REPUTATION

XIII.-SPEEDY PROMOTION

. (Macaulay)

(Capt. Hozier) 33

XIV. GOETHE AT THE AGE OF TWENTY (G. H. Lewes)

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XV. THE PILGRIMS.

XVI.

SLAVE-MAKING INSTINCT OF ANTS.

XVII. THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA

XVIII. THE APOSTLE OF THE GOTHS.

XIX. THE PRAIRIE

XX. CHIVALRY IN SPAIN.

XXI.-CHARLES THE GREAT

XXII.-LOVE OF FLOWERS

XXIII.-LIFE AMONG THE BEDOUINS

XXIV. SIR SIDNEY SMITH AT BATH.

(G. Bancroft)

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(De Quincey)

67

70

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79

82

84

XXIX.—BEFORE THE BATTLE OF KÖNIGGRÄTZ (Capt.

XXX.-A DISPUTED BOUNDARY (Dr. W. B. Carpenter)

XXXI.-THOMAS CARLYLE TO GOETHE (A Letter)

PART III.

I. A LETTER FROM CHARLOTTE BRONTE.

II.-WILDBAD

(Wilkie Collins)

III. DEATH OF JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND (Prof. H.

IV. THE FIORDS OF NORWAY. (Miss Martineau)

V.-HELLENIC TRAITS IN MODERN PERSIA (The

Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone)

(Motley) 109

VII. THE STUDY OF NATURE (The Rev. C. Kingsley) 112

VIII. A FUNERAL DANCE

IX.-SIR ROBERT PEEL

(Sir S. W. Baker) 115

(B. Disraeli) 117

X.-A BALL AT THE BASTILLE (The Rev. Prof. J.

XIV.-EMBARKATION OF AN ATHENIAN FLEET (George

PIGEON CHASE IN SAMOA. . (W. T. Pritchard) 138

XVIII.-EARLY EXPERIENCES.

VIII. AN INNOCENT FORGERY (Dramatic Scene) (John

(Anthony Trollope).

(Capt. J. C. Ross) 205

XV. THE MAN WHO HUNTS AND DOESN'T LIKE IT

XVI. LIMITS OF MATERIAL IMPROVEMENT IN ANCIENT

CIVILIZATION

XVII. LIGHT AND WARMTH

XVIII.

207

(The Rev. C. Merivale) 209

FROM THE DIARY OF THOMAS MOORE

XIX. A LETTER FROM WASHINGTON IRVING

XX.-EFFECT OF COLD .

(Bulwer) 211

212

215

(Sir W. E. Parry) 216

XXI. DE QUINCEY ON GERMAN LITERATURE

XXII.-INFLUENCE OF NATURAL AGENCIES

XXIII.-A FATAL JOKE

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(Buckle) 220

(Dr. Doran) 221

(J. A.

XXIV. ENGLISH TRADE UNDER ELIZABETH

XXVIII.-PROGRESS OF MANKIND (Dr. W. B. Hodgson) 230

XXXIII.—THE HISTORY OF A WORD

XXXIV.-SHAKESPEARE'S BIOGRAPHY

XXXV.-DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF NATIONS